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July 1, 2015 Arthur Moore Belligerent and provocative behavior by China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the construction of bases on reefs threaten the open sea lanes that the Japanese economy depends on. In response, Tokyo has been looking to expand the scope of its Maritime Self-Defense Force activities in order to…

Publication: China Brief Volume: 15 Issue: 6 March 19, 2015 05:33 PM Age: 10 days By: Morgan Clemens Files :China_Brief_Vol_15_Issue_6_3_01.pdf Liu Cigui, director of the State Oceanic Administration, who wrote an article on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The past decade has seen a considerable amount of speculation concerning China’s military intentions…

The next step for Beijing in its Africa relations is better people-to-people relations. By Paul R. Burgman Jr. January 29, 2015 From January 10-17, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi embarked on a five-nation African tour to promote friendly relations between Africa and China, and to continue a Chinese government tradition of making the African continent…

Wednesday, 12 November 2014 By: James A. Lewis and Simon Hansen SR74: China’s cyberpower – PDF (330.7 KB) Since Xi Jinping took over the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012 and assumed the presidency of his nation, the cybersphere has become an even more important strategic domain. Xi has stressed that…

Questions about coordination at the operational level have some significant implications.By Johannes Feige November 14, 2014 Image Credit: REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic Developments in East Asia in recent years hint at the possibility that communication between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is not all that it might be when it comes…

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore – IHS Jane’s Navy International 10 September 2014 A J-15 approaches the Liaoning aircraft carrier for the type’s first arrested landing in 2012. Source: Xinhua News Agency A Chinese state-owned newspaper has denied international media reports claiming that two People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) pilots were killed during the test phase…

How social media and a little sleuthing turned up a Mao-era nuclear program. BY Jeffrey Lewis JULY 8, 2014 Go to a conference about China’s nuclear weapons and you will hear, over and over again, that China is not very transparent when it comes to its nuclear program. That’s still true at a governmental level,…

Military Capabilities Mike Yeo, Melbourne, Australia – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly 29 May 2014 PLA Air Force J-11s, at least one of which was armed with R-73 (AA-11 ‘Archer’) short-range air-to-air missiles, intercepted Japanese reconnaissance aircraft over the East China Sea on 25 May. Source: Japanese Ministry of Defence Recent events in the South China…